Mental
Side of RunningBook
Review: Running WithinWant
to
improve your mental outlook on running? Then Running
Within is the
book for you. Read our review of this excellent book. Recommended
ReadsLooking
for a
good running book ? Read our mini-reviews and suggestions

LRC Exclusive:
Interviews
of Participants at Papa John's
US 10 Mile Championship*Robert
Gary Interview- The Ohio St. cross
country coach has somehow managed to coach and
make the last 2 Olympics teams. Learn how he
does it.*Matt
Lane Interview The 4th placer at the
last 2 OlympicTrials is running more road races
this year*Abdi
Abdirahman Interview2004 US Olympian
Abdi keeps it real and effortless shifts the
talk from his from his pimped out ride to his
pursuit of American records when he's interviewed
by 1996 Olympian Marc Davis.*Chris
Graff Interview:The runner-up at last
year's race and winner in 2003 has quit the
Nike Farm Team and is training on his own in
Washington, DC. Read about some of his amazing
workouts in the Farm where he'd close workouts
with a 4:05 mile.*Pete
Julian Interview The cancer survivor
shares he now trains by perceived effort.

And the
winner is:Best
Running
Movie of All-Time: Fire on the
TrackAfter
sitting on the results for months, we're proud
to announce that the best running movie of all-time as selected by our
viewers is a not an academy award winner, Chariots
of Fire, or a
highly publicized film produced by Tom Cruise (Without
Limits),
but rather a running documentary,
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine
Story. Read all about the
voting and see
the 10 best running
movies of all-time as selected by our viewers.

In case you
missed it:
Todd Williams Hangs them up
In our lengthy 3 part interview, Todd Williams, the premier 10,000m
runner in the US, talks about his illustrious career and the sport of
running in general.
Part I
here, Part II
here, Part III
here

1981
Grandma's MarathonDick
Beardsley who had run 2 sub 2:13 in 3 weeks defeated
Garry Bjorklund in a great duel as two Minnesotans were under 2:10Mr.
Martin Franklin RevealedThanks
to the viewers at our site we've got some photos
and information on Martin Franklin the fraud who for a brief moment on
Sunday was the 5th American and $4,750 richer at the New York City
Marathon.
Problem was he took the subway from the start to the finish.

Training
Advice:
Advice from the pros .Top
10 Training TipsLetsRun.com's
Weldon Johnson gives his top 10
training tips. They helped him run a 28:27 10k and will definitely help
you too. No
ShortcutsLetsRun.Com
coaching consultant John Kellogg
outlines his basic coaching approach and gives the four principals to
correct
training for elites. LetsRun.com co-founder Robert Johnson translates
Mr.
Kellogg's approach so that it is beneficial for the masses.
Marathon Training ProgramDo
you want to
run a successful marathon? Sign up for our marathon training program.
Let
our experts show you how.

Great Read: Jeff Nelson and Gerry Lindgren Interview at Dyestat"I had just average ability. Mileage gave me strong legs and let me do what I did."-high school legend Gerry Lindgren*High school 2 miler Record Holder Jeff Nelson -- "Mileage is the key factor...Everyone was running more than 80 miles a week; some 120-150. Anyone running under 9 minutes (for 2 miles) was doing at least 100 miles a week. In the 1980's the scientists took over. They got away from running. "

Lagat May Have Competed in Olympics for Kenya While No Longer a Citizen of Kenya Philip Hersh is reporting in today's Chicago Tribunethat Lagat became a US Citizen on May 7th of last year, making him no longer a Kenyan citizen (Kenya does not allow dual citizenship). Lagat, however, competed for Kenya in the Olympics last year. He then last week issued a statement saying he was now going to compete for the US and became a US Citizen on March 29, 2005, when in reality he had been a citizen much longer.

Today's Sign of the Apocalypse: LetsRun.com Wins Journalism Award We're officially "professional" and "journalists" now. At least we know not to lift entire passages from other people's message boards, write a major article based on these passages, and then not say where they came from (hint the same magazine that originated the apocalypse thing and is a magazine we actually really like)

A
True Gentleman and a Paid Male Escort, Unbelievable:"He's
a true gentleman" -Canadian marathoner,
Peter Vail, on LetsRun.com's Weldon
Johnson in an Arizona
Daily
Sun profile on
his "running" house, plus an update on steeplechaser Anthony
Famiglietti
(and if you'd like to go back in the LetsRun.com archives and read
about "Surivor Flagstaff", the attempt by 5 of the World's sexiest
distance runners to live in a one bedroom apartment click
here)

Great Quote:
"What Roger Bannister did is the single greatest athletic achievement
of the 20th century.....Let me tell you why I say this about Bannister.
I say this about Bannister because of the spirit of optimism that it
gave to people. The thing about running is everyone can run, and in
every country of the world, people do run. That is an international
event and for many many years people said the 4 minute mile was
undoable. It's like when you land a guy on the moon - you land a lot of
guys on the moon after that, but the first guy, that's a real big deal
. I just think the spirit of optimism that that gave people- like
climbing Mt. Everest - no one wants to do it but when you do it, it's a
big deal. ...Again I think running and jumping is what everyone in the
world has in common."
-Tony Kornheiser commenting on
Roger Bannister's historic sub-4 minute mile during the greatest show
on television, ESPN's Pardon
the Interuption.

Great
Read/Advice: Such a Simple Sport:
"I train twice every day except on Sundays and on Christmas Day." -the great
Haile Gebrselassie, on his training over the holidays. He says his New
Year's resolution is to win the gold medal at 10k and break the 10k
world record. And Gebrselassie is still young as it is only 1996 in
Ethiopia (we swear).

Excellent
Read:The
Company Man
(link fixed)
Jeff Schiebler is a Canadian
working in Japan.
What does he do? Run Fast. Read this account of contrasting
cultures.*Jeff
Schiebler's Training LogMust
ReadTraining
in JapanThe
author went to Japan for an Ekiden Relay Race, and got to see first
hand
the training secrets of the Japanese. Highlights of the trip were a
training
camp with arguably top collegiate team in the world: Yamanashi-Gaukin.
Read about this cultural exchange, and the unbelievable training the
Japanese
runners do.